Arizona State is investigating the circumstances surrounding an out of doors exercise that led to a males’s hockey participant collapsing and requiring hospitalization following a workforce train Thursday morning, a college spokesperson mentioned Tuesday evening.
Matthew Mayich, a defenseman for Arizona State and a St. Louis Blues draft choose, remained hospitalized Tuesday, an individual near the household confirmed. That individual spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of he was not licensed to talk publicly.
Chris Fiscus, vp of ASU media relations, acknowledged the varsity’s overview Tuesday.
“A student-athlete who collapsed throughout an out of doors train Thursday morning stays hospitalized,” Fiscus mentioned. “The scholar-athlete, a member of the ASU hockey workforce, is just not being named by the college due to privateness pursuits. The college is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the exercise.”
Fiscus declined to reply if the workforce sanctioned the exercise. NCAA guidelines enable faculty hockey groups to begin formal actions as quickly as courses have began, and ASU started its fall semester Thursday.
The Blues drafted Mayich with the a hundred and seventieth choose within the sixth spherical of the 2023 NHL Draft.
Mayich attended two prospect camps with the workforce in 2023 and 2024 however by no means signed an entry-level contract. After being drafted, he completed a four-year profession with the Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67s after which joined Clarkson College for one season in 2025-26. After Clarkson’s season led to March, Mayich introduced that he was transferring to ASU. He was getting ready to play his sophomore season with the Solar Devils in 2026-27.
“The whole Blues group is retaining Matthew Mayich near our hearts as we pray for his consolation and restoration whereas he continues to endure medical therapy in Arizona,” Blues president of hockey operations Doug Armstrong mentioned in a press release launched Wednesday. “His agent has stored us knowledgeable about Matthew’s medical standing over the past week and we lengthen our deepest assist to his household, mates and teammates throughout this troublesome time.”
Blues President of Hockey Operations Doug Armstrong has launched a press release about prospect Matthew Mayich. pic.twitter.com/jyPQjFhgBR
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) August 26, 2026
Tempe Hearth Medical Rescue despatched crews to 400 S. Rural Street, the handle for Solar Angel Stadium, at 8:31 a.m. Thursday after receiving a report of a “heat-related sickness.” A affected person was handled there and transported to a close-by hospital, the hearth division mentioned.
The typical temperature within the Phoenix space on Thursday was 92.5 levels, in keeping with the Nationwide Climate Service, and an excessive warmth warning was in impact all week. The excessive temperature reached 106 levels that afternoon.